Fixed line penetration as a percentage of population fell 34.2% to 7.43% in Sri Lanka in 2023, according to World Bank.
Historically, fixed line penetration as a percentage of population in Sri Lanka reached an all time high of 17.2% in 2011 and an all time low of 0.231% in 1964. When compared to Sri Lanka's main peers, fixed line penetration as a percentage of population in India amounted to 2.15%, 23.9% in Malaysia, 2.44% in Maldives and 1.09% in Myanmar in 2023.
Sri Lanka has been ranked 86th within the group of 133 countries we follow in terms of fixed line penetration as a percentage of population, 1 place above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Fixed Line Penetration (As % of Population) | Unit | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Bangladesh | % | 0.436% | 0.887% | 0.879% | 0.836% | 0.174% | ||||||||||||||||
| Cambodia | % | 0.827% | 0.542% | 0.342% | 0.332% | 0.237% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| China | % | 13.7% | 13.5% | 13.4% | 12.8% | 12.7% | ||||||||||||||||
| India | % | 1.71% | 1.59% | 1.51% | 1.43% | 1.68% | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | % | 4.13% | 3.08% | 3.55% | 3.52% | 3.26% | ||||||||||||||||
| Laos | % | 16.0% | 20.8% | 20.1% | 18.6% | 17.4% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | % | 20.3% | 22.6% | 22.1% | 22.0% | 24.1% | ||||||||||||||||
| Maldives | % | 4.45% | 3.96% | 3.42% | 2.89% | 2.71% | ||||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | % | 1.07% | 0.996% | 0.993% | 0.988% | 0.978% | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | % | 1.32% | 1.29% | 1.20% | 1.22% | 1.07% | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | % | 35.5% | 35.5% | 33.7% | 33.6% | 34.3% | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | % | 11.8% | 11.1% | 10.2% | 11.6% | 12.6% | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | % | 14.0% | 8.49% | 7.57% | 6.98% | 6.46% | ||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | % | 4.61% | 4.46% | 3.76% | 3.27% | 3.16% |
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